Work with us

Work with us

KEDO is non-profit and non-governmental organization it is basically
founded to the build up the poorest people's capacity to deal with their
difficulties and to alleviate their poverty through initiating income
generating projects. Social and cultural development and influencing
decision makers to account for their interests.
Our organization (Kurdistan Economic Development Organization) has
started its activities in the fields of entrepreneurship, income
generation, providing income sources for affected families, supporting
small businesses and microcredit since 1997.
These activities are in line with the vision of our organization to
participate in combating or reducing poverty, and we refer briefly to
the most important activities carried out:
1 - Establishment of a sewing workshop for women affected in 1997 in
Sulaimaniyah and continued until the year 2000 and benefited more than
15 women and was founded with local support
2 - In 1999 we started a small loan project for widowed women to support
their small businesses in Rizgari - Which lasted for three years and
was used by 80 widows and was supported by Christian Aid.
3. A large project implemented for widows Anfal started in 2000 and
lasted for two years. It provided sheep and goats to 1886 widows in 250
villages and 6 districts in Kalar, Darbandikhan, And Maidan with the
construction of an animal shed each with their literacy session with
health awareness and was supported by the World Food Program
4. Small-scale micro-credit project for women heads of household in the
province of Bazian in 2002, benefiting 168 women supported by the Dutch
Consortium DC with a course on how to study the market or a simplified
feasibility study and another course on how to manage the loan project
by the women themselves With a literacy course
5. In 2004, a project for women small business owners was launched. The
survey was conducted in three residential areas in the cities of
Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Dohuk with three workshops in the three cities
with the support of the American organization RTI. More than 150 women
participated in the workshops The aim was to know the role of women in
the economy, ie the private sector, and their development